diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
index 16a851b341f8..78d9cc119f33 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
@@ -696,8 +696,6 @@ int mthca_init_cq(struct mthca_dev *dev, int nent,
 	u8 status;
 	int i;
 
-	might_sleep();
-
 	cq->ibcq.cqe  = nent - 1;
 	cq->is_kernel = !ctx;
 
@@ -827,8 +825,6 @@ void mthca_free_cq(struct mthca_dev *dev,
 	int err;
 	u8 status;
 
-	might_sleep();
-
 	mailbox = mthca_alloc_mailbox(dev, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (IS_ERR(mailbox)) {
 		mthca_warn(dev, "No memory for mailbox to free CQ.\n");
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_mr.c
index e995e2aa016d..551320fdc9c5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_mr.c
@@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ int mthca_mr_alloc(struct mthca_dev *dev, u32 pd, int buffer_size_shift,
 	int err;
 	u8 status;
 
-	might_sleep();
-
 	WARN_ON(buffer_size_shift >= 32);
 
 	key = mthca_alloc(&dev->mr_table.mpt_alloc);
@@ -467,8 +465,6 @@ void mthca_free_mr(struct mthca_dev *dev, struct mthca_mr *mr)
 	int err;
 	u8 status;
 
-	might_sleep();
-
 	err = mthca_HW2SW_MPT(dev, NULL,
 			      key_to_hw_index(dev, mr->ibmr.lkey) &
 			      (dev->limits.num_mpts - 1),
@@ -495,8 +491,6 @@ int mthca_fmr_alloc(struct mthca_dev *dev, u32 pd,
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	int i;
 
-	might_sleep();
-
 	if (mr->attr.page_size < 12 || mr->attr.page_size >= 32)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_pd.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_pd.c
index 3dbf06a6e6f4..105fc5faaddf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_pd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_pd.c
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ int mthca_pd_alloc(struct mthca_dev *dev, int privileged, struct mthca_pd *pd)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
-	might_sleep();
-
 	pd->privileged = privileged;
 
 	atomic_set(&pd->sqp_count, 0);
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ int mthca_pd_alloc(struct mthca_dev *dev, int privileged, struct mthca_pd *pd)
 
 void mthca_pd_free(struct mthca_dev *dev, struct mthca_pd *pd)
 {
-	might_sleep();
 	if (pd->privileged)
 		mthca_free_mr(dev, &pd->ntmr);
 	mthca_free(&dev->pd_table.alloc, pd->pd_num);